Fountain Pens

1142 readers

1 users here now

Welcome fountain pen enthusiasts from around the world! Share your fountain pen obsession with fellow enthusiasts. Pens, inks, paper - everything fountain pen related is welcome!

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

ericjmorey@lemmy.world

vext01

Why Fountain Pens? (ennui-vagaries.cc)

submitted 5 days ago by Unattributed@feddit.online to c/fountainpens@lemmy.world

28 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I don't recall any point in time where I had any interest in fountain pens. I was born well after the time of the fountain pen, and there weren't any relatives in my family that had any special attachments to fountain pens.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Unattributed@feddit.online 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Proceeds to write blog post about their interest in fountain pens that started last fall.

Okay, fair, was really saying that before last fall I'd never had interest in fountain pens… And I've been here some 50+ traversals around the sun by our planet…

For me, it forces me to slow down my writing and make the letters right.

That's where I started, but not (completely) where I stayed. I find that writing with a fountain pen makes me more intentional because I need to be able to read what I've written. But instead of just focusing on penmanship I moved to journaling instead.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

55 here and also started last fall, though I had a calligraphy set as a kid. My executive dysfunction and poor memory won’t let me keep up with a journal. I usually forget to journal for a couple of days, then my brain says “if you didn’t do it for two days, why bother doing it today?” A couple of years later, I have another pretty notebook with three pages of writing.

[–] Unattributed@feddit.online 1 points 5 days ago

I kept trying to journal on my computer, but I would do it for a while, not write down anything useful and then just give up.

With the paper journal I just started writing, and the focus required using a fountain pen brought out a different side of my writing… Then I did something that really helped:I started keeping a list of everything that I wanted to write about. Once I had that list it was easier to commit to doing it every day — my brain treats my adding stuff to a list as a commitment.